The Top 9 Holiday Hair Mistakes

Holiday parties can feel like the time to pull out all the stops. But before you go wild with the feathers or get trigger-happy with spray, check out this list of the most common ways good evening hairstyles go bad.

Mistake #3: Crunchy-looking curls

Here's a problem that's easily prevented—all you need is a blow-dryer and a large-barrel curling iron (chucking the jumbo bottle of gel won't hurt, either). Hawkins suggests prepping the hair with Living Proof No Frizz Wave Shaping, Curl Defining Styling Spray for Fine to Medium Hair, roughly blowing it dry, and then defining the curls by wrapping combed-out sections around the iron: "It smooths and controls the hair in a gorgeous, touchable way."